about mbti and neurodivergents

I have it in my profile for fun but I struggled a bit with the MBTI because I feel like being ND made my way more introverted than I would be otherwise, so it doesn't feel too accurate

I like the ennegram a bit more because it feels a little more specific, but it's like there's always going to be problems with personaltiy tests like that

I'm autistic and I only ever took tests like those for fun and never viewed them seriously. There's also the fact I always heard the mbti test is flawed so there's that too.

I'm also an adult so I grew out of the need of wanting labels. Nothing will ever perfectly describe me, I am me and no online test can say who I am, only a good idea of who I might be. I kinda feel like people are biased to half answer as what they want to me and half answer what they actually are. It's a sunconscious thing I think.

I love to learn about MBTI cuz its fun to see how it works in social dynamics. I like to guess other people's MBTI, and I'm usually succesful when I try it. 

It's often more effective to study cognitive functions to determine if a personality type really matches yours because in addition to the spectrum you are, you must also keep in mind that each criterion is somewhat dependent on the other. This is where cognitive functions are derived, making the MBTI a little more complex and precise.

Have a nice day!

I dont relate, most people i saw were into mbti were neurodivergent themselves actually (myself included).

That thing is less off a box and more like a set of people with similar cognitive behaviors. They arent the same, but they will definitely share quite a lot.

Lucky me I never had any issue with it, always been INTP both from every tests ever and introspection. Theses personality have an extremely broad range. I mean patrick star from spong bob is INTP ,,,, which is the same as L from death not and Tails from sonic. They are all widely different.

Very much agree with ChaosSwissroll and personally had a similar experience. I took several tests before I was even diagnosed autistic (which happened fairly recently) and never had any other result than INFP.

Can't remember where but I also read somewhere that people who don't have a clear idea about who they are and rely a lot on others' (and their own) biased perceptions to define their personnality & values usually had a harder time with these tests, since their answers on the matter are way more fluctuating by nature, which kinda makes sense to me. Now take that info with a grain of salt

Online tests are a good introduction to personnality types, but if you're really interested in the subject I'd highly recommend you check out Carl Jung's work on cognitive functions to expand on it, since MBTI is based on it !